Whip-socket.



G. V. BAKER. WHIP SOCKET. APPLICATION nun rams, 1911.

1,005,498. Patented 0ct.10,1911.

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WHIP SOOKET. APPLICATION FILED rrmzs, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10,1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFTCE.

CHARLES V. BAKER, OF NEWBERG, OREGON.

WHIP-SOCKET.

Application filed February 25, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES V. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newberg, in the county of Yamhill and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in lVhip-Sockets, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings. 7 I

This invention relates to improvements in whip sockets and especiallywith reference to improved means for looking a whip in a socket so as toprevent the whip from being stolen, the invention consisting in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of devices, hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a sectional view of a whipsocket provided with locking mechanism constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on the plane indicatedby the line aa of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on the planeindicated by the line 5 b of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewof the gear, showing the rear side thereof. Fig. 5 is a similar view ofthe detent cap.

The whip socket 1, is tubular in form and is providednear its upper andlower ends with pairs of clamping clips 2 by means of which the socketmay be secured to the dashboard of a buggy or other vehicle. On one sideof the whip socket, at a suitable distance from the upper end thereof,is a lock case 3, which is substantially semi-circular in form andcomprises a front plate 4, a back plate 5, and a substantiallysemi-circular member or frame 6, the curved portion of which is securedbetween the edges of the plates 4, 5, the said member 6 being providedat one side of the locking case with vertical lugs 7, which bear againstthe outer side of and are riveted or otherwise suitably secured to thewhip socket. The front plate 4514 of the lock case is provided at itsstraight edge with a wall 8, which is integral therewith, is bent atright angles thereto and eX- tends to the rear plate 5, the said wall 8together with the member 6, closing the spaces i'50ibetween the edges ofthe plates 4, 5, as

shown. .The said wall 8, and the opposing wall or side of the socketagainst which it bears, are provided with coincident openings 9, throughwhich extends a locking bolt 10, the said bolt being movable in the saidopenings, and being provided at its outer Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Get. 10, 1911.

Serial No. 610,774.

end which projects into one side of the whip socket with a presser plate11, which is here shown as having a central opening which receives astud 12, at the outer end of the bolt,

the said stud being swaged or upset so as to firmly secure the presserplate to the outer end of the bolt. The bolt is provided on its underside with rack teeth 13, and operates in a guide 14, which is securedbetween the front and rear plates 4, 5 of the lock case by means of arivet 15. The bolt is provided with a stop pin 16 which serves to limitthe extent of longitudinal movement of the bolt.

The rack teeth 13 of the bolt 10 are engaged by the peripheral spurteeth 17, of an operating gear 18. This gear is fixed on the enlargedfront portion 19 of a tumbler 20. The front end of the tumbler projectsa slight distance from the front side of the gear 18v and has itsbearing in an opening 21 with which the plate 4 of the lock case isprovided. The tumbler has a reduced rear portion 22 forming an annularshoulder 23, and is also provided with a reduced spindle 24, whichspindle has its bearing in an opening 25, with which the rear plate 5 ofthe lock case is provided. Hence the gear wheel is mounted forrevolution in the lock case, together with the tumbler. The said gear isprovided on its rear side with radial locking teeth 26. The tumbler isalso provided with key openings 27, for the reception of the wards 28 ofa suitable key 29.

A detent cap 30 which is disposed in the lock case, is placed over thegear 18 and partially incases the same, and the said detent cap isprovided on its inner side with dogs 31, for engagement with radiallocking teeth 26, of the gear 18. The detent cap is provided withoppositely extending lugs 32 to bear against the inner surfaces of thefront plate 4 of the lock case. A pair of rivets 33 which connect thefront and rear plates 4, 5

of the lock case, extend through openings in the lugs 32, and hence formguides for the detent cap and on the said rivets are coiled extensilesprings 34, which bear between the lugs and the rear plate 5 of the lockcase and serve to normally keep the lugs in engagement with the frontplate 4 of the lock case, and the dogs 31 of the detent cap inengagement with certain of the radial teeth 26 of the gear 18, so as tolock the gear and hence also the tumbler normally against rotation. Thereduced portion 22, of the tumbler extends through a central opening inthe detent cap.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Let it be assumed that thebolt is in retracted position with its presser plate 11, out ofengagement with the whip in the socket, and that the detent cap is bythe action of its springs 34, held in its normal position with its dogs31 in engagement with certain of the radial teeth 26 of the gear 18. Theoperator in order to lock the whip inserts the key in the key openingsof the tumbler and first presses the key inwardly so as to cause it toengage the detent cap 30, and move the latter rearwardly, against thetension of the springs 3st, a suiticient distance to cause the detentcap to disengage its dogs 81, from the radial teeth of the gear 18,hence causing the said detent cap to release the tumbler, the gear andthe bolt. The key is then turned in the required direction to cause thetumbler and the gear to partly rotate so as to cause the coengaged spurteeth of the gear and bolt to move the bolt partially across the whipsocket, and hence cause its presser plate 11 to bear against one side ofthe whip at some distance from the butt of the whip, and hence owing tothe tapered shape of the whip, the latter is effectually locked in placein the socket. It will be understood that when the key is withdrawnafter having thus caused the bolt to be moved to locking position, thedetent cap by the action of its springs 34; is caused to reengage itsdogs 3, with certain of the radial locking teeth 26 of the gear 18, andhence the tumbler, the gear and the bolt are held in looking position.The spring-pressed detent cap locks the bolt, through theinstrumentality of the gear 18 and the tumbler, in any position in whichthe bolt may be placed by the key, the said detent cap being normallyengaged with the gear by the action of the springs 34.

I claim:

1. In combination with a whip socket, a whip lock comprising a casing onone side of the whip socket, a locking bolt in the Copies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner ofPatents,

casing and movable partly across the socket, said bolt having rack teethon one side, a gear engaged with the rack teeth on the bolt, a tumblermounted for rotation in the lock case and on which the gear is mountedfor movement therewith, a detent forming a cap which, together with onewall of the casing, incases the gear, said detent being movable towardand from the gear, the gear and the detent being provided with co-actingclevices to cause the detent to lock and release the gear, guides forthe detent, and springs to normally hold the detent in locked positionwith reference to the gear, the detent being provided with an opening onone side through which the locking bolt extends.

2. In combination with a whip socket, a whip lock comprising a casingonone side of the socket, a bolt in the lock casing, and movable partlyacross the whip socket, said bolt being provided with rack teeth on oneside, a gear having peripheral teeth to engage the rack teeth of thebolt and being also provided on one side with locking teeth, a tumblermounted for rotation in the lock case, and to which the gear is securedfor rotation therewith, the said tumbler having a key opening, a detentmounted for move ment in the lock case toward and from the gear andprovided with dogs to engage the lock teeth of the gear, and hence tonormally hold the detent in engaged position with the gear to lock thelatter and hence also the tumbler and the bolt, the said detent being soconstructed and arranged with respect to the tumbler as to be engaged bythe key when the latter is inserted in the tumbler, the key serving tofirst release the detent from the gear and to then turn the tumbler andthe gear together, to cause the gear to operate the bolt.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiiX my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES V. BAKER.

lVitnesses LYNN B. FERGUSON, CLARENCE E. BAKER.

Washington, D. G.

